Getting Started with DDEV for Drupal Development

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Join our free live stream to learn DDEV, the powerful local development environment that makes Drupal development faster and easier.

We'll cover:

Why choose DDEV over other development environments
Setting up your first Drupal site with DDEV
Configuring Xdebug for efficient debugging
Running custom commands to streamline your workflow
Best practices and productivity tips

Perfect for developers who want a reliable, consistent development environment that just works.

Links

Quickstart: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Config: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Database types: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
CLI: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Xdebug: https://xdebug.org/
IDE Setup: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Commands: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Hooks: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...
Hostnames: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users...

Chapters

00:00 Preshow
04:47 WebWash Premium

Intro to DDEV
06:33 Intro to DDEV
11:07 Quickstart commands
14:13 DDEV config.yaml
17:08 settings.php
19:46 Run composer and drush

DDEV VS Code and PhpStorm
22:38 VSC extension
25:30 PhpStorm plugin

DDEV Commands
29:29 Common commands
35:47 View logs
37:06 Composer and Drush

Import/Export files and DB
39:22 Import/Export files and DB
40:55 Import database
42:29 Import files directory

DDEV Snapshot
43:45 DDEV Snapshots
45:06 Creating a snapshot
45:53 Snapshot list
46:06 Create a snapshot with name
47:37 Restore snapshot
49:24 Access DB externally
53:03 Export DB

DDEV Add-ons
55:58 Intro to add-ons
57:02 Add Adminer
58:54 Using Mailpit

Using Xdebug in DDEV
1:02:09 Using xdebug in DDEV
1:03:00 Using Xdebug in PhpStorm
1:04:41 Using Xdebug in VSC

Advanced DDEV
1:10:15 Create command
1:12:51 Create hooks
1:17:20 Additional hosts
1:22:41 Using Mutagen

Summary
1:26:13 Recap
1:28:07 Ending

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